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The Man With the Black Feather (1909) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. Originally a journalist, Leroux turned to fiction after reading the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, The Phantom of the Opera, has become legendary... Read Full Overview

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La Double Vie de Th ophraste Longuet est un roman de Gaston Leroux, d'abord paru en feuilleton en 1903, puis en volume en 1904. Alors que Th ophraste Longuet, petit bourgeois plut t frileux et na f, d cide de visiter l'ancienne prison de la Conciergerie, l'impossible a lieu:... Read Full Overview

Alors que Th ophraste Longuet, petit bourgeois plut t frileux et na f, d cide de visiter l'ancienne prison de la Conciergerie, l'impossible a lieu: un personnage du pass , le plus c l bre bandit du xviiie si cle, Cartouche, s'empare de Th ophraste et devient sa double vie . Le... Read Full Overview

Alors que Th ophraste Longuet, petit bourgeois plut t frileux et na f, d cide de visiter l'ancienne prison de la Conciergerie, l'impossible a lieu: un personnage du pass , le plus c l bre bandit du xviiie si cle, Cartouche, s'empare de Th ophraste et devient sa double vie . Le... Read Full Overview

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped... Read Full Overview

Gaston Leroux's classic.

Un roman policier ? Un roman fantastique ? Un roman populaire ? Un roman historique ? Un roman politique ? Un roman de science-fiction ? Un roman humoristique ? Un roman noir ? "La double vie de Th ophraste Longuet" est un peu tout cela la fois. C'est en tout cas un livre ... Read Full Overview

The Man with the Black FeatherBy Gaston Leroux

The Man With The Black Feather is a mystery novel written by Gaston Leroux and first published in 1912. The story follows the protagonist, Jacques de Boiscoran, a wealthy and respected man who is accused of murdering his wife's lover. Jacques claims to be innocent, but the evidence... Read Full Overview

The Man With The Black Feather is a mystery novel written by Gaston Leroux and first published in 1912. The story follows the adventures of a young journalist named Joseph Rouletabille as he tries to solve the mystery of a man with a black feather in his hat. The man with the... Read Full Overview

A man named Adolphe visits Leroux at his office at the Morning Journal and delivers to him a chest that was bequeathed to him by his friend Theophraste Longuet. Leroux begins investigating its contents and relates the very strange experience of Longuet.

While visiting... Read Full Overview

"I WAS passing through the waiting-room of the Morning Journal on a certain evening last year when my attention was drawn to a man seated in a corner. He was dressed in black and his appearance was that of the deepest dejection. In fact upon his face I read the most melancholy... Read Full Overview